International Facility Management Association (IFMA) and Macau Institute of Management (MIM) had signed a Strategy Partnership Agreement at the Military Club in Macau today. The ceremony was officiated by Mr. Graham Tier - Global Chair of IFMA and Mr. Paul Tse - Chairman of MIM. Representatives from both private and public sectors in Macau showed their strong support. Senior executives from all gaming operators, utilities, Bureaus of Macau SAR Government and local medias came to celebrate together. This big day was also attended by Ms. Jenny Yeung - Director of IFMA Asian Advisory Board, Mr. Samson Lee – IFMA Foundation Trustee and Founding Member of IFMA Foundation Hong Kong, and Ms. Ingrid Wong – CEO of IFMA China.

IFMA is driving the frontier of professional development in Asia and shape the profile of FM to world class level:

· Macau SAR Government and the Guangdong Provincial Government have signed an agreement with MIM to jointly provide "One Exam, Three Certificates" training to the public in Macau and China, where participants will receive Essential of Facility Management Certificate (EoFM) from IFMA, and regional and national qualifications from the two Governments.

· New ISO FM standards announced in 2018

· IFMA FM Training and Development Framework announced in 2019

In a near future, new IFMA Chapters will be established in Macau, Jiangmen and Zhuhai. Asian Chapters will join forces to drive FM innovation in the region, unite the industry, and provide global professional connection platform in the Greater Bay Area.

Monday, 28 January 2019 12:22 | Written by The Hong Kong Chapter of IFMA

CHAPTER NEWS

Dear members,

Forming part of a study entitled “Development of an Analytic Facilities Management Performance Evaluation Method for Hospital Buildings”, a survey has been devised by a PolyU research team to solicit practitioners’ perceived importance of 4 groups (financial, physical, safety, and environmental) of performance indicators.

IFMA is a supporting organization of the study. You are cordially invited to join the survey via the link below (it only takes 5-10 minutes to complete):

All information related to the survey participants will remain confidential and will be identifiable by codes only known to the research team. For any queries, please contact the Principal Investigator of the study, Dr. Joseph Lai (Tel.: 27664697; email:
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Thank you very much.

Best Regards,

The Hong Kong Chapter of International Facility Management Association

Property Management Services Authority(PMSA) is currently conducting a Public Consultation on licensing regime. Please be reminded to submit your view to PMSA by email (
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), fax (3696 1100) or post to the PMSA’s office on or before 18 January 2019 (today) by 11:59pm.

Big day for celebration on 24th Congregation of Faculty of Construction and Environment of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

William graduates from Master of Science in Facility Management with Distinguished Honor.

William is our IFMA Foundation Scholarship recipient, awardee of Inter-Institution Competition on Best Facility Management Project Presentation 2018, and winner of “Ignite FM” international student competition at World Workplace.

The Inter-Institution Competition on Best Facility Management Project Presentation in Hong Kong will be opened for registration soon. Stay tuned with us!

Dr. Joseph Lai is awarded as Departmental Educator of the Year of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Congratulations to Dr. Lai again!

Dr. Lai is the program leader of Master of Science in Facility Management in The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He is a Head of FM of the Hong Kong Chapter of IFMA, and is also the winner of IFMA’s Awards of Excellence - Distinguished Educator this year.

Samson Lee, IFMA Foundation Trustee, Past President of Hong Kong Chapter, alumni of BSE and MSc in FM, and Departmental Advisory Board of AABSE, was invited to participate in this ceremony.

FM leaders know that the key to upskilling a team is to start with a solid foundation. The IFMA Research Benchmarking Institute’s latest Corporate ROI research findings,Engaging Member Companies to Enhance the Value and Perceptions of IFMA Credentials: IFMA Facility Management Credentials, have shown how IFMA credentials can benefit an organization through enhanced FM knowledge and team performance.

Power Smart Energy Saving Contest 2018 Award Presentation Ceremony was held on October 31, 2018 in Tsuen Wan D-Park. The event was kicked off by Mrs. Mei Ng, BBS, Chairperson, Board of Governors of Friends of the Earth.

This year, an overwhelming amount of 82,416,967kWh was saved and accumulatively, a total of 427,000,000 kWh of electricity throughout 12 years of effort

Congratulations to all awardees and thank you for your contribution in combating climate change!

If you are enthusiastic in Energy and Sustainability, I strongly recommend you to join IFMA’s Environmental Stewardship, Utilities and Sustainability (ESUS) Community.http://ESUS.ifma.org

IFMA Members can also go to IFMA’s Knowledge Library, your gateway to hundreds of valuable articles, benchmarking, case studies, research and more all conveniently located in a single location. And much of the access of the library is 100% free to you. All FM content in one place, at your fingertips.https://www.ifma.org/know-base/knowledge-library

William was invited to IFMA’s World Workplace 2018 Facility Management Conference & Expo in Charlotte, North Carolina on 2~5 Oct to receive his scholarship.

One of the exciting activities for students coming from different countries of the world is to participate in “Ignite FM! Student Competition”. Students were divided into 5 teams and given a project taskÂ as group work for a 15 minute presentation on the next day.

The competition was assessed by a panel of Global Workforce Initiative (GWI) advisors. Out of 23 scholarship recipients, William’s team won the Challenge. William and his team will receive additional cash award on top of his scholarship!

HONG KONG, CHINA – (Oct. 2, 2018) – The International Facility Management Association (IFMA) has announced Jenny Yeung, CFM, CEnv., MRICS, MSOE, is taking up the Asia-Pacific Regional Board position vacated by Dave Hallam, MRICS, who upon completion of his two-year term has assumed the Hong Kong board role for the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

“Jenny Yeung is a fantastic choice to fill this role for IFMA in the APAC region,” said Graham Tier, CFM, FMP, MRICS, who serves both as chair of IFMA’s global board of directors and the liaison to the Asia-Pacific Regional Board. “Dave Hallam’s service has been exemplary and his new role with RICS will only serve to strengthen the IFMA-RICS collaboration in the region.”

IFMA’s regional boards provide location-based advice and input into the strategic direction of the global association. The Asia-Pacific Regional Board covers Asia and Oceania including India.

Yeung serves as an Asset Manager in an American multinational investment bank and financial services corporation and has served as president of IFMA’s Hong Kong Chapter. She’s also been involved in IFMA’s Environmental Stewardship, Utilities and Sustainability Strategic Advisory Group (ESUS SAG) as a representative for Asia since 2015.

Yeung chaired the World Workplace Asia 2011 Conference and Expo, Integrate 2012 Facility Management Conference, and Moving into the Frontier Facility Management Conference 2014. In 2015, Jenny also coordinated IFMA and LGEES (Leadership in Green Environment and Energy Saving – a green consortium) to host the first Green Seminar for the Hong Kong Chapter, which subsequently developed into IFMA’s Sustainability Workshops. Yeung has earned or led teams that earned sustainability awards including Green Enterprise of the Year, the Hong Kong Gold Award of Environmental Excellence in the financial sector, IFMA’s Asia-Pacific Best Managed Sustainability Program Award and the Environmental Performance Award of RFP – Outstanding Individuals in Industry Awards.

About IFMA

IFMA is the world's largest and most widely recognized international association for facility management professionals, supporting 24,000 members in more than 100 countries. This diverse membership participates in focused component groups equipped to address their unique situations by region (136 chapters), industry (16 councils) and areas of interest (six communities). Together they manage more than 78 billion square feet of property and annually purchase more than US$526 billion in products and services. Formed in 1980, IFMA certifies professionals in facility management; conducts research; provides educational programs, content and resources; and produces World Workplace, the world's largest series of facility management conferences and expositions. To join and follow IFMA's social media outlets online, visit the association's LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Flickr pages. For more information, visit the IFMA press room or www.ifma.org.

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